Spotify gets in on the economics of streaming debate

Mar 22, 2021, 07:00 AM

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Spotify’s new website formally laying out its positions on the different aspects of the economics of streaming debate, and calls for the Recording Academy to support publishing contract reform.

SECTION TIMES
01: Spotify on the streaming economics (00:03:15)
02: The campaign against ‘minimum delivery and release commitment’ (00:28:23)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
Spotify formally enters the economics of streaming debate with new Loud & Clear website
Songwriter groups call on Recording Academy to support campaign against minimum release commitments in publishing deals